Powerless Trilogy Lauren Roberts ebook Reviews Summary

Character Development

Pros:

• "Survival of the fittest is what this is, and let me say she's a badass FMC!"
• "The FMC is badass, and you are rooting for Paedyn from the beginning."
• "Kitt is the best friend you always want."
• "You cannot help falling in love with the MMC Kai."
• "Kai- OMG, he is so swoon... I love every single thing about him. He's flirty, fun, dangerous, and mysterious."
• "Paedyn is an Ordinary (no magic) and is such a fierce, courageous, brilliant character because of it."
• "The FMC is feisty, brave, confident, smart, strong and fiercely independent."

Cons:

• "I didn't like the characters, story, or writing."
• "I didn't connect to the characters, the romance, the storyline and because of that it took me FOREVER to finish this book."
• "Kai developed feelings WAY too fast."
• "Kai and Paedyn seemed almost the same character at times."
• "The characters felt very one dimensional."
• "From the straight up harassment of the female main character to his weird line deliveries and internal thoughts, he is seriously one of the worst main male characters I’ve ever read about."
• "I found myself rolling my eyes at the 'witty banter' between the main character’s."

Plot and Storyline

Pros:

• "I LOVE LOVE LOVE this book and just O.M.G. PLEASE READ IT !!"
• "This book will have you so angry, yet so full of dreadful love and passion for these characters."
• "That's how good it was! I cant wait for the second book and have already preordered."
• "It made up for it with all of the action during the trials."
• "This will easily remain one of my favorite books of the year."
• "A perfect 5/5 for entertainment, 'Powerless' is a book that demands to be reread."
• "The pace was great, the storyline, and really everything about it kept me wanting to read more."

Cons:

• "Nothing ever really gets explained, like why the trials are even taking place/ the purpose of them."
• "Almost a direct rip off of the hunger games and red queen."
• "Everything about this book was anticlimactic."
• "The actual description and storytelling of the trials lacks depth."
• "The more I read, the more I felt like I was reading The Hunger Games and Red Queen with slower and more repetitive dialogue."
• "This book was the most unoriginal book I have ever read."
• "This storyline seems like a repeat from other books: competition between privileged kids vs poor kids, two boys interested in one girl, girl betrays them since she is part of the resistance, and boys want revenge."

Writing Style

Pros:

• "I think it took me two days to read but I did find it a quick read."
• "I appreciated the writing style as it made it very easy to read and helped the action."
• "From start to finish, the writing was so captivating."
• "The writing is smart and sassy."
• "The writing style flows well, and I had a hard time putting this book down!"
• "I love her writing and the sarcastic banter that is her personality."
• "The writing is utter perfection."

Cons:

• "If you start to look too closely at the motivations, world building, the why’s of it all… you might find it… lacking."
• "The vocabulary and romance scenes were deathly repetitive."
• "Some of it is just repetitive and cheesy and I couldn’t look past it."
• "The writing was so disappointing!! There could have been so many interesting things done with each character and yet the main focus is the same thing every. single. time."
• "The fantasy world-building wasn’t the best, and there certainly wasn’t much description."
• "This book deeply needs an editor. We are constantly told too much rather than shown."
• "My quibble with this book is that I think the writing is rough."